Public Can Now Review Invasive Plant Management Plan, Says NPS

The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the availability of the Invasive Plant Management Plan/Environmental Assessment for Redwood National Park and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area for public review and comment.

The overarching purpose of the actions evaluated in this environmental assessment (EA) is to provide a comprehensive approach for protecting the natural and cultural resources of Redwood National Park (REDW) and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO) from the impacts of nonnative, invasive plants.

Through the preferred alternative, the NPS would strive to enhance or refine practices such as: public outreach, collaboration with stakeholders, invasive plant detection and treatment, record-keeping and monitoring, revegetation, adaptive management, and best management practices using an integrated invasive plant management approach.

The NPS seeks the public’s thoughtful review and comments during the comment period, which concludes on December 1, 2017. The EA is available on the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/RSinvplantEA.

Hard copies of the EA are available for review at the following locations:

I know what I consider invasive. It is a plant so vigorous in its growth or reproduction that it crowds out almost everything else. Ivy, scotch broom for example, especially if the new plants provide little that local fauna are adapted to use. It disrupts the balance that natives found.

But this document is about “non-native” plants. I just can’t find any reliable definition of what non native is and how they would prioritize assault on them. I don’t want to see thousands of gallons of herbicides dumped on our public lands.
I’ll read the document and see what it says.

Why isn’t non native simply defined as never documented in times prior to early European arrival? And documented elsewhere? Since it must be both invasive and non native, there would surely be documentation of historical presence or use otherwise. Invasive means new arrival.

But is there any basis for the idea that the Park system of all people will be spreading thousands of gallons of herbiside anywhere? That would be a radicalchange.

The important plant invader is everywhere,floating in air.an algae that needs a certain temperature,PH,and food (runoff from upstream).and makes rivers,fish,oysters deadly,with domonic that accumulates and suprises one with amnesia and liver failure.brocilli sprout,powder.from china $18/lb,walmart $40/lb.for liver.